Is it just me? And any new moms out there please don't take offense! My daughter is a new mom and has totally embraced this trend.

WTH is up with the naked baby photos? Not only are they naked but they are spilling out of milk crates, wearing leggings, sitting in flowerpots, sleeping in baskets surrounded by seashells on the beach, etc.

Personally I find the pictures quite odd and much prefer the Sears photo sessions where you put the baby in a cute outfit and the photographer snaps a picture with a carpet drape background.

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cantlivewithouth♀ 11939Member # 11939

Posted: 6:53 PM, September 14th (Saturday), 2013

I've seen that and it just creeps me out. It always has. I'm like you, give me the traditional photos any day.

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allusions♀ 25376Member # 25376

Posted: 7:05 PM, September 14th (Saturday), 2013

The naked baby on a (faux) bearskin rug has been around for a long time. As my SIL put it, "the whole purpose of it is to totally embarrass your child with it in front of their friends when they are teenagers!"

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Nature_Girl♀ 32554Member # 32554

Posted: 7:07 PM, September 14th (Saturday), 2013

I love most of the new style of pics. I wish I could have done them for my babies. However, I agree that some go pretty far and are contrived in a wacky, poor-taste, did-they-hurt-the-baby way.

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Amber13♀ 40505Member # 40505

Posted: 3:45 PM, September 15th (Sunday), 2013

Haha I love them. Haven't subjected my two to it yet, maybe the next one.

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Clarrissa♀ 21886Member # 21886

Posted: 8:46 PM, September 15th (Sunday), 2013

The closest I've come to that kind of picture is one of my GD2 when she was about a year old. An aspiring photographer was at a park when my DD and SIL were there with the grandkids and she offered to take pictures of them (for free. She was wanting to build her portfolio). One she took - and I think is adirable - was one of GD2 sitting in a basket.

But the naked pics... nope never did them.

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peridot♀ 18334Member # 18334

Posted: 9:15 PM, September 15th (Sunday), 2013

I did some of those with my kids years ago.

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lynnm1947♀ 15300Member # 15300

Posted: 8:54 AM, September 16th (Monday), 2013

Notdefeatedyet, that is one crazy photo! My kids--big zombie followers--would love it, though probably not for my grandchildren!

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JanaGreen♀ 29341Member # 29341

Posted: 2:06 PM, September 16th (Monday), 2013

I don't understand the gigantic poofy bow things on their heads but hey, to each their own.

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Lalagirl♀ 14576Member # 14576

Posted: 3:16 PM, September 16th (Monday), 2013

WTH is up with the naked baby photos? Not only are they naked but they are spilling out of milk crates, wearing leggings, sitting in flowerpots, sleeping in baskets surrounded by seashells on the beach, etc.

Personally I find the pictures quite odd and much prefer the Sears photo sessions where you put the baby in a cute outfit and the photographer snaps a picture with a carpet drape background

mom of 2, I guess we're just "too old to get it" ...cause I'm right with ya. My girls were Sears/Olan Mills babies (the 80s).

My DDs don't like the newfangled stuff much either - they stick with the traditional - or better yet, take candids with their own cameras (every pic I post of my grandkids in F&G are straight from their mommy's camera)...digital photography is a beauitful thing...

I had my newborn photos when she was 11 days old. Some naked, some with wraps or with a diaper and covers. Put her baskets, on rugs.. With headbands and wearing beads. Cutest photos EVER!!!

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StrongerOne♀ 36915Member # 36915

Posted: 12:43 PM, September 17th (Tuesday), 2013

I'm o-l-d, and my grandmother took photos of me in a baby bikini / underwear...it's famous in my family. Very embarrassing until I was, oh, 35 or so. Now it just cracks me up.

At least there are no diaper-falling-off-my-butt photos, like the one my MIL has of my H...

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NewMom0220♀ 39036Member # 39036

Posted: 12:50 PM, September 17th (Tuesday), 2013

I just had these taken for my 6 month old. He's in a washtub...he's in a bird's nest...he's naked in a diaper..and he's in a polo shirt and shorts.

It was fun, adorable, and I don't regret it. In fact...I've been dealing with so much crap recently that I felt proud that I actually went and got these done.

I guess it's just a matter of taste...just like anything else. I think babies look cute no matter what. :)

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Rebreather♀ 30817Member # 30817

Posted: 1:22 PM, September 17th (Tuesday), 2013

I think some are super cute and well done. But some folks can't art direct their way out of a paper bag, so you get some weird things happening.

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Mama_of_3_Kids♀ 26651Member # 26651

Posted: 9:08 PM, September 17th (Tuesday), 2013

As a professional photographer I do NOT and will NEVER do naked baby pics. The most naked I will make a baby is in a diaper, with a cover over it. I do use some props and fluffy bows with babies, but I also do some "natural" baby only pics. If I think a baby looks uncomfortable in a pose I won't try it. I'd rather have a happy baby than to try to get them to do an uncomfortable pose. I'm not in the norm though

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